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Lua::eval

(PECL lua >=0.9.0)

Lua::eval — Evaluate a string as Lua code

Description

public function Lua::eval(string $statements): mixed

Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

statements

Return Values

Returns result of evaled code, null for wrong arguments or false on other failure.

Examples

Example #1 Lua::eval()example

<?php
$lua = new Lua();
$lua->eval(<<<CODE
    print(2);
CODE
);
?>

The above example will output:

2

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